Improvement in cooking-stoves



D. BBIX.

Cooking Stove.

No. 113,846n Patented Apr. 18, 1871.

duidt lterer DOMINIGUS BRIX, OF GENESEO, ILLINOIS. i

Letters-Patent No. 113,846, dated April 18, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOKING-STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn Be it known that I, DoMrNioUs BRIX, M. D., of Geneseo, in the county of Henry and State otlllinois, have invented a new and useful improved (looking-Stove; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suficient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making-part of this specification, in whichv Figure l is a top plan view of my device, and

Figure 2is a central vertical longitudinal section of the My invention relates to improve-ments in cookingstoves; and consist-s in arranging, over one end or at one side of the fjrc-chamber, a feeder or coal-box, and also in so constructing the fire-chamber and feeder that the stove may be used as a coal or wood-stove; and further consists of several other details which will be hereinafter more fully set foith.

In the drawing- A is'the fuel-box or feeder, placed at one end of the.'

stove, and above its level and communicating with the tire-chamber by means of the throat a.

It is 'made removable, and when set in its casing leaves an air-space, c, around it, openings B being made in thecasing to admit the air.

rIhe feeder is provided with a grate, D, to regulate the supply of fuel.

Mis the fire-chamber, provided with asuitable grate, and

L is the ash-box.

`Doors or openings m are' provided in front of the grate or iire-chamherto admit air thereto.

N is the oven, which is surrounded hy a hot-air chamber, F, except, ofcourse, at-its entrances.

A division-plate or partition, x fc, iig. 1, is made in the hot-air chamber, and dampers K K provided at the point where the hot air enters, so that by opening one damper and closing the other only one side ofthe stove is heated, and thus there is a saving of fuel.

The smoke and heat pass from the {ire-chamber, in the direction of the arrows, around the stove, through ,the hot-air chamber F, and out at the part f into the ypipe O. i

'The part f may be extended so as to serve as a hearth, on which pots, kettles, &c., may be placed and their contents kept warm. The pipe is also placed here, as shown. l'

In the pipe O I secure a draughtavheehH, of ordi` naryeonstruction, and beneath it I place a damper, G; or, better, I out three, more or less, openings in the pipe, and arrange a slide with similar openings around it, and whichwill'act in a manner like the damper.

- The elbow of the pipe is extended at both sides thereof, and a partition, i, is set therein.

In the short end-of the said elbowa draught-wheel, y I, is secured, and a door, I', which is hinged to thepipe so Aas to open in the room, when open permits the escape of foul air and gases from the room, the

,damper is dropped in the position shown in g. 2,

and the doors m are opened so as to secure a perfect draught.

It will be seen that in my stove there is a vgreat economy of heat and fuel. Feeding directly with a scuttle is dispensed with, as suicient coal can be stowed in the feeder to last several days.

A perfect draught is obtained by arranging the wheel inthe pipe, and the room can be readily cleared of smoke, dust, and foul air by means of the wheel in the elbow.

Having thus described my invent-ion,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The feeder A, provided with the grate D, and' suspended iu its casing in -such a manner as to leave an air-space, c, and operating with reference to the damper d in the manner substantially as sct forth.

2.l The feeder A, constructed as set forth, in couneciion with the throat a, tire-chamber M, and plate d, in the manner substantially 4as described.

3. rllhe due-space F, arranged around the cover, provided with partitions a: at, dampers K K, and communicating with the tire-chamber M at the top ofthe stove and the pipe O at the bottom, as herein shown and described.

4. The stove-pipe O, providedwith the draughtwheel II and sliding damper, substantially in the 1nanner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The elbow attached to the pipe O, and provided with the partition i, draught-wheel I, and door I', operating together in the manner andv for the purpose Set forth.

6. The combination, in a stove-pipe, of a damperregister and a Ventilating fan-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

DOMINIOUS BRIX, M. D.

Witnesses:

AUGUST EICHHORN, JOSEPH FISCHER. 

